Laboratory Assistants Specific Skills

Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays; Prepare plaster models and moulds; Polish and buff dentures; Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys; Mould wax over dentures set-up; Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures

Dental Technologists and Technicians Specific Skills Design, fabricate or repair dental devices

Technical Expertise (dental) Waxing-up; Polishing; Plastering

Work Setting Commercial dental laboratory

Experience 3 years to less than 5 years

Education No degree, certificate or diploma

Languages English